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IAS 101 - Week 11 and 12 - Cryptography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the process of making and using codes to secure the transmission of information.

a)

Cryptanalysis

b)

Cryptography

c)

Encryption

d)

Decryption

2.

is the process of obtaining the original message (called the plaintext) from an encrypted message (called the ciphertext)

a)

Cryptography

b)

Cryptanalysis

c)

Encryption

d)

Decryption

3.

is the process of converting the ciphertext message back into plaintext so that it can be readily understood.

a)

Encryption

b)

Decryption

4.

What year did RSA Algorithm developed public cipher?

a)

1977

b)

1978

5.

Substitute one value for another, for example a letter in the alphabet with the letter three values to the right.

a)

Substitution Cipher

b)

Transposition Cipher

6.

This can be done at the bit level or at the byte (character) level.

a)

Transposition Cipher

b)

Substitution Cipher

7.

Also known as the one-time pad, which was developed by AT&T, uses a set of characters only one time for each encryption process.

a)

Vernam Cipher

b)

Eclusive OR

8.

Are mathematical algorithms that generate a message summary or digest (sometimes called a fingerprint) to confirm the identity of a specific message and to confirm that there have not been any changes to the content.

a)

Hash Functions

b)

Hash algorithms

9.

It was developed by IBM and is based on the company’s Lucifer algorithm, which uses a key length of 128 bits.

a)

Data Encryption Standard (DES)

b)

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

10.

is called private key encryption

a)

    Symmetric Encryption

b)

   Asymmetric Encryption

11.

Systems are based on public-key cryptosystems and include digital certificates and certificate authorities (CAs).

a)

Digital certificates

b)

Public-Key Infrastructure (PKI)

12.

Which issues, manages, authenticates, signs, and revokes users’ digital certificates, which typically contain the user name, public key, and other identifying information.

a)

Certificate Authority (CA)

b)

Registration Authority (RA)

c)

Certificate directories

13.

Encrypted messages that can be mathematically proven authentic. Asymmetric encryption processes are used to create digital signatures.

a)

Policies and procedures

b)

Digital Signatures

14.

Technically not a form of cryptography, it is another way of protecting the confidentiality of information in transit

a)

Hybrid Cryptography Systems

b)

Steganography

15.

     AES supports key lengths up to 128 bits, but is not compatible with older hardware.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Is a de facto industry standard for short-range wireless communications between devices.

a)

Blue tooth

b)

Hotspot

c)

Wifi

17.

Are a collection of brute-force methods that attempt to deduce statistical relationships between the structure of the unknown key and the ciphertext generated by the cryptosystem.

a)

Man-in-the-middle attack

b)

Correlation attacks

c)

Dictionary attack

d)

Timing attack

18.

Attempts to intercept a public key or even to insert a known key structure in place of the requested public key

a)

Man-in-the-middle attack

b)

Correlation attacks

c)

Dictionary attack

d)

Timing attack

19.

Asymmetric Encryption

uses two different but related keys, and either key can be used to encrypt or decrypt the message.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

A network-based IDPS (NIDPS) resides on a storage device only which is connected to a segment of an organization’s network and monitors network traffic on that network segment, looking for indications of ongoing or successful attacks.

a)

True

b)

False